FMA moves against Du Val Group on $20m fund
Financial Markets Authority is yet to announce any action against Du Val.
Financial Markets Authority is yet to announce any action against Du Val.
"We never set out to be the biggest home builder in New Zealand" - Grant Porteous.
Creditor list names a number of state entities and national businesses.
Mediation and adjudication have almost become a necessity, says a building boss.
"Everything the company is doing is in accordance with its resource consent" - developer.
Land availability and prices, rising construction costs, poor infrastructure are barriers
"My expectation is people will come from offshore and go, wow, you guys nailed it."
"You can't do much without concrete" - Julien Leys, Building Industry Federation.
Apart from the $35m loss, West Village owes unsecured non-preferential creditors $17m.
'Quite a big loss of building materials and equipment due to theft' - Julien Leys.
Site on the town's northern limits is now open pastureland
Tāmaki Makaurau's building sector has been particularly strong in the past six months.
Proposed policy has met opposition from Kiwi and Auranga's Charles Ma.
"There's no guarantee you'll get a bed if you need it" - Jon Duffy, Consumer NZ.
Building businesses "may need to start reducing pay for workers in Auckland".
Either sink power cables into the ground or build a new power pole: solutions offered.
Experts see it as a good move for the airport to diversify.
Change follows an outcry from sector nationally and worry about access to products.
"True impact of price increases has not been felt by clients and property owners."
Records kept from a year before WWII, now at an all-time high.
Chain sent just under 3.5 million cartons of food/groceries to stores in last week.
Work on construction only started in 2020 but building work stopped in May.
Construction sector facing very challenging times, with some operators "treading water".
"We have moved quickly to keep our residents and staff safe" - Scoullar
"We'll get straight back into it as soon as we can" - Andrew Lamont on show suite.
Total assets of $4b are up from $3.5b, company developing four new sites
Delays in construction projects can quickly become expensive.
Massive turnaround at giant builder, materials manufacturer and supplier
Fletcher Building is expected tomorrow to reaffirm its earnings guidance.
There are enough to house the entire Queenstown population.